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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.John Miller" <mrjohnmiller147@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:24:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE



Dear friend,

I wish this my proposal will not come to you as asurprise.I am John Miller, a Regional Director with a TRUST AND SECURITY COMPANY with regional Office in Lome-Togo.

We had a foreign client an American national who is now late Mr Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261.( http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ ) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$10.5million) with our Company.Eventually, since then we have not had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin, A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company.Now,having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death,and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past year plus, I have removed the file to my private volt.


I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded ! by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account. This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details.

Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.I look forward to hearing from you.

Kindly call me as soon as you receive this message 00228 901 58 45

More details about the deceased himself,you can check on (http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html ).


Best Regards,
Mr.John Miller.























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